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Mehmed Sabri Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Mehmed Sabri Efendi was born in Antakya in 1878 (AH 1295). Work began in 1905/06, at about 27, on a first salary of 450 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1905/06, with Mehmed Sabri as Nahiye Muduru and no place named. For 1907 to 1910 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 450 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to 650 in 1910/11, the peak, when 58 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

  1. Antakya

    Born 1878 (AH 1295)

  2. Kızılca Nahiyesi as worded, no place record

    1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)

    Nahiye Muduru 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324); Nahiye Müdürü (İnfisal) 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)

    300 to 450 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Necid Sancağı as worded, no place record

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    No annual entry for 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327) before it.

    Nüfus Memuru

    650 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328650 kuruşNahiye MuduruNahiye Müdürü (İnfisal)Nüfus Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mehmed Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1905/0645043049050%
1906/0730045040029%
1910/1165050058%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Mehmed Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First work450first-salary field
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Nahiye Muduru
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06450
1906/07300
450 to 300
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Nahiye Müdürü (İnfisal)
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06
1906/07
No annual entry: 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Nüfus Memuru650

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Antakya

First work

Year
1905/06 (AH 1323)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same job title, same years

Of the 17 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru in the same years, Mehmed Sabri Efendi had the 8th highest salary.

All 157 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 78 officials born in Antakya, 76 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

The page of Antakya, with the 78 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), 114 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Efendi had the 24th highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Nahiye MuduruKızılca Nahiyesi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Nahiye Müdürü (İnfisal)Kızılca NahiyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Nahiye MuduruMelendis(?) Nahiyesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Nahiye Müdürü (İstifa)Melendis(?) NahiyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Nüfus MemuruNecid Sancağı650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD.,No:109,s.477
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mehmed Sabri Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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